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We are committed to offering quality specimens at reasonable prices. Acquiring fine mineral specimens that fit your budget is easy and safe with Open Adit West. Compare our prices with other Internet dealers and you will find that we are quite competitive, and often much cheaper for equivalent specimens. How? Because we buy directly from the source, eliminating the middleman. We literally scour 1000’s of specimens looking for the best, at the lowest prices.Every specimen in our store is handpicked as one we would be proud to include in our own collections. We do our best to acquire unique and interesting specimens that are just down right sexy to look at! We make it easy for you to build a top shelf collection without breaking the bank! If you don’t see what you are looking for, drop us a line. Finding and offering affordable specimens is our business. 
Location: Level 7, La Campana Vein, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Item #: ow5693mkst
Comments: In this piece orange-yellow, tabular wulfenite crystals are scattered on a rusty red host matrix with some very small, moss colored mimetites. The locality for this piece is Level 7, La Campana Vein, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. This piece measures 13 cm wide by 12 cm tall and 4.7 cm front to back. There are contacts around the edges of this specimen and some minor scuffs to a few of the crystal terminations.
Location: Ruggles Mine, New Hampshire
Size: 5.6 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
Item#: 330
Comments: Gummite is a rare radioactive mineral, a mixture of uranium minerals, oxides, silicates, hydrates and hydrous oxides of uranium, derived from the alteration of uraninite.
Featured Item: Some African Beauties: A Pictorial
Some African Beauties: A Pictorial
by Jeffrey A. Scovil
Jeffrey A. Scovil, a well-known professional mineral photographer, is the author of Photographing Minerals, Fossils, and Lapidary Materials (Geoscience Press, 1996). He is among those featured in The Grandmasters of Mineral Photography (Mineralogical Almanac, 2004).
Thumler’s A-R2 Rock Tumbler – Two Barrels
Here’s what you get in this A-R2 rock tumbler…
– A high-quality, hobbyist grade rock tumbler.
– Durable steel base with quality powder-coat paint.
– High quality, thermally protected motor.
– Two durable rubber tumbler barrels for quiet operation.
– Process about 2 pounds of rock in each barrel.
– A booklet: “A Guide for Rock Polishers”.
– Thumler’s Tumbler Warranty
Other Websites of Interest
Mineral specimens from Tsumeb, Erongo, Brandberg and other sites in Namibia. Tsumeb minerals for the connoisseur!
Featuring the artwork of world famous mineral artist Fredrick Wilda.
Laboratory equipment, chemicals and extensive mineral collection.
Long Time Dealer and Collector, Herb Obodda
Welcome to Opalshop, the place where great deals are made. Shopping for a bargain online couldn’t be easier, or safer. All orders are encrypted by SSL through our secure server and come with a 7 Day ‘no quibble’ money back guarantee.
Wonderful selection of Fluorite and associated minerals from Illinois and the surrounding area
Don and Sara Parsons: Minerals, fossils, carvings. Complete line of Raynox quality accessory lenses for camcorders, digital still cameras and digital videa cameras.
We’ve been in the stone business for thirty years. We specialize in aquamarine minerals. We also carry tourmaline, topaz, lapis, kunzite, custom jewelry pieces with precious gems and cut stones. Most of our products come from the beautiful mountains of Pakistan. Make sure to check us out at the many gem and mineral shows throughout the USA.
Welcome to Penn Minerals! Our mission: —To offer you the finest in rocks, minerals and fossils from the great state of Pennsylvania! —To keep you updated on productive collecting sites that are accessible to the general public. —To maintain a complete list of rock and mineral clubs in Pennsylvania to help you enjoy rockhounding!
Pickens Minerals has a wide variety of minerals to offer to the collector, from beginner to advanced. All specimens are individually selected, and are of the highest quality by color, aesthetic quality and collector appeal. You can order on a secure server from my On-Line Collection , all specimens are listed by locations. Or use the image map guide at the bottom of all pages. See page 7 of More Neatstuff for Afghanistan and Pakistan Minerals. My full color catalog has 44 pages with more than 160 color photos. Our catalog is $5.00, fully refunded upon order. Give me a call, drop me a line, write me a letter, Email or see me at my address, appointment is necessary.
Pinnacle 5 Minerals is a family operated business. You’ll see Susan at the shows. She specializes in gems and jewelry and can assist you in finding the “just right” piece of jewely, many of which use Colorado or Montana gemstones. Krystle, now in college, also attends shows and promotes the gems and jewelry. Both Scott and Tim grew up mining with their father, and are responsible for collecting, cleaning, and repairing many of the specimens. Both sons attend gem and mineral shows whenever possible and are knowledgeable mineral dealers. Joe began collecting gems and minerals at a young age and built his hobby into a specimen mining and selling business. He is also a bench jeweler and artist. Occasionally some of his other pieces will be featured on these pages.
Faceting machines, from a family involved in the business for 50 years.
Display products – Do you have a something to display? We offer many presentation options to present your valuable antiques, collectibles, merchandise, or curios in an eye-catching exhibit. Whether you require a display case or fixture, a stand, a showcase, a shadow box, a riser, steps, an easel, a hanger, or a dome — you have come to the right place. We can satisfy all of your showplace needs.
We have a complete line of Lapidary Equipment and Supplies! Check out our Faceting Machine, Trim Saws, Crystal Sphere Makers, Rock Tumblers, Digital Gem Scales, Faceting Laps, Faceting Compounds, and top quality Gemological Instruments from loupes and microscopes to refractometers and chelsea filters.
Wonderful assortment of Canadian Minerals.
Since 1971 R&G has been the leading magazine for the lapidary and mineral hobbyist. We capture the fun and excitment of rockhounding, gathering mineral specimens at their source. We guide our readers step-by-step though the creative processes of jewelry making, from the simplest beginner projects to the advanced skills of faceting.Our knowledgeable authors make mineral science understandable and inviting. Outstanding color illustrations add to the lure of some of nature’s greatest beauties.
Although until only recently these treasures have been recognized in the international markets of the world, Gemstones & Minerals from these Areas have been marketed to collectors, Jewelers & hobbyist, since the early 70s. Mostly misrepresented from their actual origins, for reasons only well known to those who did the misrepresentations, thankfully this is no more the status quo.
Rocks of Ages carries a large inventory of fine mineral specimens from around the world. We specialize in classic localties and cabinet sized specimens. We often have fine minerals from the western United States as well.
Roger’s Minerals is a part-time mail order business dedicated to satisfying the needs of mineral collectors world-wide. Whether you collect for a museum, a school, a researcher, a collector or a prospector, you may find exactly what you are looking for at this site. I specialize in rare species but also recycle old collections. This gives my stock a wide variety of choices. The prices are competitive and satisfaction is guaranteed!
Three choices are given at this site: a main mineral list and a micro mineral list. The main list covers specimens from micromount to cabinet size and the micro list describes micro to thumbnail species. The lists are condensed for convenience. As a third choice, included is a New Mineral Additions list.
Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Geoscience Books
Our “new catalog” contains photographs of selected works. Since this new feature generated many favorable comments, the number of featured works has been expanded. If you click on the small image you can look at a book in larger and greater detail. The “new catalog” features primarily works in paleontology and mineralogy.
Hi my name is Dave Blakmore and I live on the north Island of New Zealand in the small town of Wanganui.The town has a population of about 45,000 and is situated on the river of the same name (Whanganui).